evidencegaps
Primary study · included by 1 review

Perioperative local anaesthetic in young paediatric patients undergoing extractions under outpatient 'short-case' general anaesthesia. A double-blind randomised controlled trial.

Leong 2007 · Leong K J, Roberts G J, Ashley P F · British dental journal · 2007

Included by

The effectiveness of using local anesthesia with general anesthesia in pediatric dental rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Leong 2007 · Table 1; reference list; forest plots
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Post-operative anxiety (Venham scale)
Intraoperative local anesthesia (LA) during dental treatment under general anesthesia vs No LA or placebo (saline) · Post-operative, after extraction
MD -0.66 [-1.59, 0.27]2 studies · 95 participantsLow

1 including review in total.